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The Messeturm Köln (German for Fair Tower Cologne) is a highrise building which is 80 meters high, in Cologne, Germany. It is crowned by the sculpture Hermes-Gesichter (German for Faces of Hermes) by Hans Wissel, professor for sculpture and plastic arts at the Kölner Werkschulen. The tower's top floor featured a tower restaurant (now closed).

The tower got its name because it was erected besides the fair halls of Cologne. Faced with brick the finish of the buildings looks similar, but they were not built together. The halls opened with the first fair on May 11, 1924. The building of the tower was started in 1927 and it opened with a fair on May 12, 1928. Tower and halls were built on the banks of river Rhine in the borough Köln-Deutz just opposite Cologne Cathedral.

References

1. https://www.prinzpartner.de/project/entwicklungskonzept-einer-umnutzung-messeturm-koeln/ (in German); according to other sources the architectural height is 85 meters (to the top, including the sculpture), 70 meters to the roof, see: https://www.emporis.de/buildings/109575/messeturm-cologne-germany (in German)
2. https://architekturfuehrer.koeln/spaziergaenge/rheinboulevard-deutz/5 (in German)

External links

• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7347

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Augsburg Hotel Dorint An der Kongresshalle Augsburg (115 m)		Frankfurt skyline in 2015. Köln skyline in 2013. Berlin skyline in 2023.
Bochum Exzenterhaus (88.6 m)
Bonn Post Tower (162.5 m) Langer Eugen (115 m) Neuer Kanzlerplatz Hochhaus (101.5 m)
Bremen Atlantic Hotel Sail City (147 m) Weser Tower (82 m) Aalto-Hochhaus (65 m)
Cologne Cologne Tower (148.5 m) Colonia-Haus (147 m) Uni Center Köln (134 m) Ringturm Cologne (109.1 m) Kölntriangle (103 m) Herkules Hochhaus (102 m) DeutschlandRadio Tower (102 m) Messeturm Köln (80 m) Hansahochhaus (65 m)
Düsseldorf Arag-Tower (124.9 m) LVA Hauptgebäude (123 m) Victoria Haus (108 m) Dreischeibenhaus (94 m) Stadttor (75 m) Wilhelm Marx House (57 m)
Essen RWE Tower (127 m) Essen City Hall (106 m)
Frankfurt (Oder) Oderturm (95 m)
Hamburg Elbtower (on hold) (245 m) Elbphilharmonie (110 m) Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg (108 m) Columbus Haus (105 m) Emporio (98 m) Atlantic-Haus (88 m) Dancing Towers (85 m)
Jena JenTower (144.5 m)
Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Town Hall (84 m)
Leipzig City-Hochhaus Leipzig (142.5 m) The Westin Leipzig (96 m) Wintergartenhochhaus (95.5 m) Europahaus (56 m) Kroch High-rise (43 m)
Lübeck Maritim Travemünde (119 m)
Mannheim Collini Center (102 m)
Neckarsulm Neckarsulm TDS Office Tower (70 m)
Neubrandenburg Kulturfinger (56 m)
Nuremberg Business Tower Nürnberg (135 m)
Offenbach City Tower Offenbach (120 m)
Stuttgart Porsche Design Tower Stuttgart (90 m) Wüstenrot Tower (72 m) Tagblatt-Turm (61.2 m)
Timmendorfer Strand Maritim Clubhotel (101 m)
Demolished buildings Bayer-Hochhaus (122 m) AfE-Turm (116 m) Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus (102 m) Sparkasse Hagen Tower (101 m)
Buildings listed in order of height Building data source: Skyscraper Center See also: Category:Skyscrapers in Germany

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